#487DC5#487DC5

#487DC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.125 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DC5
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 197)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 36.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 5.03, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 43.08, 276.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.029 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.125 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0805, 20.0743, 55.6290)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487DC5 #C59048

analogous

#48BBC5 #487DC5 #5148C5

triadic

#487DC5 #C5487D #7DC548

tetradic

#487DC5 #C548BB #C59048 #48C551

square

#487DC5 #C548BB #C59048 #48C551

split-complementary

#487DC5 #C55148 #BBC548

monochromatic

#23446F #32609E #487DC5 #769ED4 #A5BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#487DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#487DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DC5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DC5	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E82C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.125 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2d7',
    500: '#487dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dc5;
$custom-light: #86a2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.56,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58667,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DC5

secondary

#CFB999

accent

#9F4CDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DC5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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